Display box



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DISPLAY BOX Filed March 13, 1952 [wil INVENTOR.

WzY/z'azn 1 ma /(6y BY v A TTORNEYS- Patented Mar. 30, 1954 DISPLAY BOXWilliam Frank Smalley, Pawtucket, R. I., assignor to Henry McGill,Plainville, Mass.

Application March 13, 1952, Serial No. 276,325

Claims. (Cl. 206-4513) This invention relates to a display box such asmay be used in the jewelry industry for packaging articles of personaladornment.

Itis customary to individually package articles of jewelry in order thatthe same may be protected when shipped and also to provide a place forkeeping to protect the article when not in use by the owner. In orderthat the article may be advantageously displayed by th retail merchant,it is desirable that the. jewelry article in its box present an.attractive appearance. Articles of jewelry are frequently in the form ofa bracelet or some device of this character which it is desired may beviewed on all sides.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a display box inwhich; the article to be displayed is liftedout of the bottom of the boxand above the side walls of the box when the cover is swung to openposition so that the article stands more or less by itself away from thedepth of the box that it may be more advantageously viewed by theprospective buyer.

Another object of this invention is to provide a display which willmechanically lift the article from the body portion of the box as thebox is opened and without need for adjustment of any of the parts.

Another object of this invention is to provide a. box in which thearticle will be mechanically moved into the box to be completely housedwhen the cover is swung from open to: closed position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a construction which willbe simple and yet effective in its operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide a box in which themanipulating parts for the display may be made of cardboard or someinexpensive material.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction as will be more fully described andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box in closed position;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the box when in open position andshowing an article mounting shaped for the reception of a bracelet;

Figure 3 is a sectional view on substantially lines 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the lifting plate structur alone;

Figure 5 is a plan view looking from the nder side of the tongue and itsarticle carrier inassembled position; and

Figure 6 is a perspective view illustrating the assembly of the parts ofFigures 4 and 5.

In proceeding with this invention I have provided a lifting plate whichis located in the body of the box beneath a tongue which may be insertedthrough an opening in the plate, the plate being secured to the cover insuch an arrangement that when the cover is swung to open position, theedge of the lifting plate which engages the tongue will swing the tongueabout its hinge soas to lift the fre end of the tongue out of the bodyof the box and hold it in this position, while when the cover is swungto closed position, the edge of the lifting plate which supports thetongue is lowered thereby allowing the weight of the article to move thetongue back into the body of the box so that it may be housed therein.

With reference to the drawings, l0 designates the body section of thebox and H the cover section. The body section i0 comprises a bottom wall12 with opposite side walls [3 and M, a front wall l5, and a back wallH5. The cover section comprises a top wall H with side walls I8 and IS,a front wall 20, and a back wall 2!. The walls of the bottom and coversections are arranged to be in abutting relation when the box is closed,there being a guiding lip 22 extending upwardly from the upstandingwalls of the body section over which the downwardly extending walls ofthe cover section telescope so as to guide and hold the two sectionswith their side and end walls in abutting relation. A hinge 23 havingone plate 24 attached to the back wall of the cover section and a plate25 attached to the back wall of the body section with a pintle 26through the eyes of the plates serves to hingedly relate the sections sothat the cover may be swung from the closed position shown in Figure 1to the open position shown in Figure 2.

A plate 21 is loosely located in the body section [0 and is providedwith an extension 28 joined thereto along the fold line 29, whichextension is joined along the hinge line 30 to a second plate 3|. Thissecond plate 3! is cemented along the inner surface of the top H,leaving the portion 28, of substantially the depth of thecombined'height of the side walls, free and joined to th plate 21 whichmay slide back and forth in the body section. This plate is providedwith a slot 32 which extends from the fold line 29 toward its free edgeas will be more clearly apparent in Figures 3, 4, and 6.

A tongue 33 is hinged along the fold line 34 to a base portion 35 whichis in the form of a cardboard plate and is also creased along the lines36 and 31 so that it may be folded upon itself to be tucked through theslot 32 and then unfolded to be secured to the inner surface of thebottom wall [2, leaving the tongue 33 extending through the slot withits edge bearing upon the edge 38 of the slot. An article carrier 39 maybe secured to the free end 40 of the tongue by a staple 4!, and in thisinstance the article carrier is in a shape to suitably mount a bracelet42, shown in dotted lines, around its side 43.

When the box is in closed position as shown in Figure l, the plate 2?will lie along the plate portion 35 of the tongue with the tongueoverlapping and lying alon the upper surface of the plate with thearticle carrier 39 lowered into the body section. As the cover is swungabout its hinge to the open position in Figures 2 and 3, the plate 21will be drawn upwardly so that its edge rises and at the same time movessomewhat toward the hinge thus lifting the tongue, swinging it about itshinge connection 34 to lift it out of the box and into the positionshown in Figures 2 and 3, thus exposing the bracelet to view in a mannerto attract more attention and enable the bracelet to be better seen thanwhen lying on the fiat inner surface of the bottom wall of the box.

I claim:

1. A display box comprising a body section having a bottom withupstanding side and end walls, a cover section hinged to one end wall,an arm in said body section, means swingably mounting one end of saidarm at said one end slot, and means connecting the end of said platenearest the hinge to the cover section so that upon opening of thecover, the plate along its portion nearest said hinge connection willswing the arm upwardly.

2. A display box as in claim 1 wherein the arm is cardboard and themeans swingably mounting the same is provided by scoring and folding aportion thereof.

3. A display box as in claim 1 wherein the arm has a base attached by ascore so as to be folded on itself for assembly through said slot.

4. A display box as in claim 1 wherein the means to lift the plate is alink connected to the cover section.

5. A display box comprising a body section having a bottom withupstanding sid and end walls, a cover section hinged thereto, a plate insaid body section, said plate having a slot therein, a link hingedlyattachedto said plate along the portion nearest the hinge connection andhingedly attached to the cover section adjacent the hinge connection, anarm passing through said slot with its free end having an articlecarrier mounted thereon and means to swingably mount said arm in saidbody section at a fixed location near said cover hinge.

WILLIAM FRANK SMALLEY.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 714,138 Brown Nov. 25, 1902 FOREIGN PATENTS Number CountryDate 283,331 Great Britain Jan. 12, 1923

